Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Baby Bird Shower

I hosted a shower for my friend Miriam last Saturday. I had a lot of fun planning and getting everything, even though it was pretty busy getting everything ready in time. I definitely couldn't have done it without Sheldon. I think it turned out pretty cute, I wish I could have done more stuff, but unfortunately budgets always get in the way. I got all the paper I used for the invitations from Pebbles in my Pocket and it was all 50% off so pretty cheap. I blurred out information on the invitation, so that is why it kind of looks funny.

I tried to keep the food matching the color scheme of red and blue, although you can't really tell.






Chicken Salad Sandwiches.


Spinach Raspberry Salad that turned out excellent! I got the recipe from my Lion House Entertaining book and it was so good I made it again for dinner on Sunday.


My favorite part of the shower, Nesting Bird Cupcakes! I made these Pollyanna Cupcakes and used toasted coconut for the nests. I think they turned out cute and they tasted pretty good as well. The idea of course came from Martha Stewart



This centerpiece is pretty simple, but I thought looked kind of cute. I got all the vases from DI and the branches from our yard. I know I'm cheap, but fresh flowers are just so expensive. I wish we had a farmers market here like in California where you can get flowers for super cheap.



Although this isn't the best picture, I made some banners to decorate out of paper from the scrapbook store.




As favors I gave out Mini Cadbury eggs (my favorite easter treat).






It was such a fun party and so fun to see friends that I don't get to see very often. Thanks for coming everyone!



5 comments:

Mandy said...

How fun! You should share that spinach salad recipe, it looked delicious!

MHedges said...

Everything looks so fun and cute!! You are very creative and an awesome cook and party planner!!Glad you had a good time!

Unknown said...

WOW, I should have had you do mine! haha. You go all out when you have a party! Next time I'll hire you!

bwolsen said...

Looks like an absolutely wonderful party. You did a great job!

Ms. said...

Adorable Elaine! Great work with the shower! Really cute